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THE 5IOHXIXG OREGONIAIf, SATURDAY. APRIL 17, 1015. ARMY OF SELECTED GERMANS DEFEATED Russians Victorious After Bat tle of 32 Hours, Capturing . Quantity of Munitions. NEW HEIGHT ALSO TAKEN Austrian. Reserve Division Reported Annihilaled3,500,000 Kngaged in Kcccnt Battle, Says lie port From Vienna. LONDON April 1 6. Dispatches from Geneva txlav said tliat the Tribune publishes a. dispatch from Ungavar. in Northeastern Hungary. Baying a great Viattlo has been fought between the Ktry ami the Valley of the Ondava. A German army composed, of picked men attacked the Russians marching on Bereg. After 32 hours of severe f ishtintr the Russians repulsed the Ger mans and captured a quantity of arms and ammunition. Another dispatch from Vienna says 65 Austrian officers have been disci plined for negligence which resulted in the annihilation of a division of re serves near Beres and Austrian defeat in the Sarac region. The official Russian report confirms this dispatch, although it merely says that persistent attacks by the Ger mans were repulsed. Runsiana Hold Ground. Military observers are of the opinion that while the Russians are no longer able to maintain the speed with whici they advanced through the Carpathians for several days, they nevertheless are holding the ground they have gained, occasionally capturing a 'height here and there. This is deducted from the Geneva report and the official communication of the Petrograd war office, which ""Hi the Carpathians, our troops noise nes.ly approached the enemy's barbed wire entanglements between the vil lages of Telepotch and Zuella. broke through, and, after a. brief bayonet en casement, gained possession of two heights and took numerous prisoners. The enemy sent the 121st reserve regi ment to make a counter-attack and the fighting continues. "In the direction of Rostokl the enemy made fruitless attacks near the village of Croszpatch against the heights occupied by us. Koads in Bad Condition. "On Wednesday we successfully re rulsed persistent attacks by the enemy in the direction of Spry. "Renorts arriving from 'various sec tors of the Carpathian front show that everywhere the roads are in a bad state, owing to the thaw and the swollen rivers." The Austrian official report follows: "In Poland near Bloeie. east of riotrkow, a Russian attack has been repulsed. "On the lower Nida our artillery set Are to a Russian ammunition store. Several trenches within effective range of our artillery were quickly evacuated by the Russians. "In the Carpathians isolated fighting has taken place In the wooded sectors. Advancing Russian infantry was re pulsed with heavy losses. We captured 400 prisoners. "In the lighting in the Stry Valley we have taken an additional 268 prisoners." 3,500,000 Men In Battle. A Berlin communication says: "Reports from Austrian headquarters describe the four weeks battls in the Carpatihan Mountains as the most gi gantic in the history of the world, 3,500,000 men participating. This bat tle reached a climax several days ago. The Russian offensive was halted and repulsed with the most appalling losses. On some days as many as 600 trains were used for wounded. The tield hos pitals are overcrowded with wounded and sick, and thousands succumb with out adequate medical attendance." EARLY SETTLER IS DEAD THOMAS ANDERSON SUCCUMBS AT fc-VKJSVIEW AT AGE OF S2. Funeral of Packer for Government Dur ing Indian, Trouble and Warner V . Valley Cattleman la Held. lAKEVIBW, Or., April 15. (Special.) Thomas Anderson, an early settler in Oregon, died at the. local hospital last Monday at the age of 83 years. Death was due to a complication of diseases. Mr. Anderson went to San Krancisco last Kail and all Winter was under the care of a physician. He returned to lakeviow about two weeks ago. Thomas Anderson was well known In Southern Oregon and especially in this county. He lived near Piuh for the riast io years. He was born in New York and when he was 3 years' old ho was taken to sea by his father, who was a sailor, and with him made voyages until 1851. Then he made his way .around Cape Horn and ud. the Pacifio Coast to San Francisco. He worked on vessels th?re' and a year later went to Shasta County to work in the mines, where he remained. He then began packing from Bluffs to Trcka and other points. In 1865 he moved to Umatillu, Or. In the Rogue River district he worked as a packer for the Govern ment during the Indian troubles. He was stationed at different points in Kastern Oregon. At length he left the Government and came to Warner Val- -ley. where he remained since. He owned 210 acres of land on Hart Mountain and had charge of other -land. Ho was engaged in the cattle business. l.Tp to 1SU0 he had about "C00 head of cattle. The funeral took place Wednesday afternoon. EX-CONSUL IS ARRESTED GERM A -V HELD ON WIFE'S IN L SANITY' CHARGE. Jonann uulffatthn, Formerly ef Van couvcr, II. C, to Be Examined by I.ea Angeles Authorities. t,0S AXGEL.12S, April 16.-Charged with insanity, Johann Wulffsohn, ex banker and German Consul at Van couver. B. C, was taken to the county hospital late today to await a hearing before the Lunacy Commission nest week. The insanity complaint was Is sued at the instance of Mrs. Wulffsohn, who accompanied her husband here when the European war began last . Auttust. .When arrested today JWulffsohn was wandering about downtown carrying a bouquet of roses and a new broom. He had a number of pawntickets and told police officials that what was left of the wreck of his banking business had been destroyed by the war. But Mrs. Wulffsohn explained the pawn tickets tonight by saying it was one of her husband s idiosyncrasies to pur chase jewelry and to pledge it for loans. VANCOUVER, B. C, April 16. Johann Wulffsohn came to this city more than 20 years ago. He was en gaged in the banking and real estate business as head of the firm of Bewicke & Wulffsohn, and made large investments here on behalf of German clients. Later ho devoted his time ex clusively to the consulate, and was looked on as a man of eccentric habits. He figured in' several sensational epi sodes, notably on one occasion . on which he returned from a leave of absence and found that his deputy had entertained lavishly on the occasion of the Emperor's birthday. Bills of many hundreds of dollars flowed in on Wulff sohn. who one evening- invited his deputy out on the lawn in front of the Hotel Vancouver, and there the two men fought and wrestled for a quarter of an hour. When last In Vancouver a year ago Wulffsohn appeared quite prosperous and still cultivated in his personal ap pearance a remarkable likeness to the Kaiser, especially in his military mous taches. Wulffsohn Is about 57 years old. Six years ago he married Miss Maclure. daughter of J. C. Maclure, a capitalist of Victoria. VICTORY IS TOO SUDDEN BRITISH UNABLE TO FOLLOW IP NEUVE CHAPEUE ADVANTAGE. Officer Relieves Auhera and Perhaps Lille Could Have Been Taken If Army Had Had Chance. NEUVE CHAPELLE, France, April 16. The ground to the west of this now shattered town of Neuve Chapelle, from which the British drove the Ger mans in the middle of March, with such terrible loss of .life for -both sides, is literally cobbled with German skulls. The dead, lie buried in shallow graves everywhere and the vicinity is strewn with wreckage and debris. So quickly did the British break through the German line that full de tails of the action are only now be coming known, even to the men who participated. The suddenness of the advance was such that many of the men were so dazed that all they knew was that they got through. In fact. the British staff officers assert that it was too quick for the best results. the German line giving way so sud denly that the British found themselves like a man who hits his opponent with all his might and encounters but slight resistance, and is thereby thrown off his balance. "If we had had a chance for it that day I believe we could have taken Aubers also and perhaps Lille,' said one officer with a smile. "At any rate we gave the Germans their worst drub bing of the war, and the effect all along our front has been incalculable. "Every man in the British army be lieves sincerely that we could break the German line if we wanted to, and that Is a mighty comfortable feeling." DOCK DAMAGE REVEALED MYSTERY .SURROUNDS FIRE PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND. British Government, After Suppressing News, Now Offers Reward and Ger man Spies Are Suspected. LONDON', April 7. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) There was a rumor in London the night of January 31 that a serious fire had broken out in the big government dockyards at Portsmouth, but the government smoth ered all inquiries with a prompt denial and the censor eliminated all mention of the matter from all press dispatches- It now appears that the fire was of a serious character 'and came near wiping out the docks and other valu able properties at Portsmouth. The real extent of the damage is still care fully concealed. It is the common be lief in official circles that the fire was the work of incendiaries, probably Ger man spies. A carefully worded notice was issued today by the dockyard authorities of fering a reward of $500 "for the dis covery of the incendiaries responsible for the fire at the building slip sheds the night of January 31." POLICE AGE LIMIT IS CUT Application of Men More Than 4 5 Years Old Is Barred. The age limit for applicants for po sitions on the police force in Portland was cut down from 60 to 45 years yes terday by the Municipal Civil . Service Board. The change was recommended by II. W. MacLean, secretary of the Board, along with a number of other changes in physique requirements, some of which were adopted. The rules as adopted provide for a change in the maximum and, minimum weights to be permitted on the basis of the height of the applicant. Also the chest expansion of men of all sizes increased. The new measurements are based on insurance tables. Owing to the fact that two members of the Civil Service Board will be out of the city during the week of May 3, the Board yesterday postponed the holding of an examination for police men until a later date. The time was not definitely settled. UNION MEN NOT WANTED (Continued From FMrst "P(re. lieve that unions were necessary to the welfare of employes. "The success of an employer depends on the employe," said he, "and to get the best work of the employe the best wages the market affords must be paid." I nion Excesses ('barged. Mr. Armour said he would not have organizers around the plant for reasons both industrial and economic. "As soon as a union has a little power it commits excesses," he said. ' Mr. O'Hern quoted wages paid at the stockyards and remarked that efficient en had no need to stay in the un skilled ranks, where pay is the lowest. "I started work as a messenger at $1.75 a day," he said. "Is the pay you give unskilled work ers enough to live on?" asked Commis sioner o'Connell. "It depends on' the standard of liv ing. I saved more money, proportion ately, on $1.75 a day than I have since." Jacob Lane, an organizer of the meatcutters and butchers union, testi tied that the packers maintain "spot ters" to check efforts to unionize their employes. A fly which sticks' around all Win ter must be as lonely as a real old man. AVIATORS ACTIVE ON WESTERN FRONT Six Bombs Dropped on Ger man Powder Magazine, Oth ers on Shell Factories. metz' Lights attacked Forty Missiles Directed at Station Aorth of Fortress Counter-At-tack at Les Eparges Is Said to Have Failed. PAUIS, via London, April 16. The following French official statement re garding the progress of the fighting in the western theater of the war was given out here tonight: A- r-., TamA rie I.orette the Ger mans delivered three counter-attacks, each of which was preceaea. Dy a. vio lent bombardment. They were all . 1 DhT- ,t v. outset. Thev also failed in a. counter-attack at Les Epar ges last nignt. "At Bois de Montmare there was an arii.Fr rinei w silenced three bat teries and blew up an ammunition depot. Bombs Dropped a Shell Factories. bombs were thrown on the workshops of the railway station of Leopoldshoehe, east of Huringue, wnicn were oenis used for the manufacture of shells. Ten bombs were dropped on the powder magazine at Rotthwell. Six struck the mark and a huge red flame shot up, - - .1 . - J V... .l.in.n L-llllL' Thd BUIIUUIIUVU J .j v. . . . . . w... aeroplanes wre struck by shell splin ters, Dut returned saie ana suuiiu. "Forty bombs, most of which struck ... . r-i -u-ab-a r r T-i wl rn the cen tral electric station of Maizieres les Metz, 15 kilometers taoout j.u nines; north of Metz. This station supplies and light. Much smoke rose from the central building. Hostile Aviator Pursued. "On thetr return our aviators encoun tered three aviators, to whom they gave chase, forcing them to land. Our squad ron suffered no mishaps, although sud- jected to a violent cannonade from the Metz forts." The report issued earlier in the day by the French War Office added noth ing to the information given out last night, except the following: "Our artillery brought ' down during the afternoon of April 15 a German aeroplane which fell in front of the English -lines, but behind the German trenches north of Ypres." CiaLDREX KILLED AT FREIBURG Berlin Says Civilians Suffered bj Enemy's Air Attucks. BERLIN. April 16, by wireless to Sayville, N. Y, The statement from the War Office today is as follows: "Near Ostend and Nieuport some enemy destroyers took part yesterday in artillery fighting, but were quickly silenoed. "On the southern border of St. Eloi we occupied two houses. South of Loretto heights lighting began again last night. "Between the Meuse and the Moselle only artillery duels took place. "The use of bombs developing asphyx iating gas and of explosive infantry cartridges by the French is daily be coming more frequent. "Aviators were unusually active yes terday, as the weather was favorable. Hostile aviators threw bombs on places behind the German front. Freiburg also was visited. At this place several civilians, including children, were killed or wounded. BORDER VAST FORTRESS (Continued Prom First Page.) perhaps be joined by detachments of Silesians and Austrians under General Woyrsch. which, I suppose, are now ly ing well to the east of Petrokow and the River Pilica, the stupendous thing would be done and an ingathering far surpissing tne Tannenberg harvest would be effected. In any case a chapter of wonderful war-making seems bound to be record ed, for the yarious drives eastward can hardly fail to culminate in something tremendous at'one point or another, Heavy Intrenching In Progress. Meanwhile in the Russian territory it already has occupied Germany is looking to it that there shall be no Russian drives across the German frontier. That is the meaning of the heavy intrenching now going on in the snow-covered but soggy fields two miles to the south and east of Mlawa. This precautionary work is being carried forward simultaneously with the fighting in progress seven or eight miles farther east and south, and the grunts of the shovelers keep pretty good time with the distant volleys. Reaching intrenched fields that slope briskly to the south, we walked dry shod and warm through hundreds of rods of winding and connecting trenches, which had been dug and sheathed with wool in just three weeks a remarkable record when you took into account the numerous stormy days and the frequent caving of the sandy soil. A man can walk almost upright in them without being seen from the fields. About every 23 feet of each trench had been scooped out near the top to admit a neat bit of carpentry in the form of a box into which the men could reach for band grenades in ease an enemy should become too familiar with them. Other boxes were provided for ammunition. Kverythlntr Is Thought Of. Tug in the side of the trench a foot above the level of its floor are numer ous recesses where the men can sit be tween whiles of firing. The wooden floor . of the recess is provided with cleats at its outer edge, so that the men will not have to sit with their legs sticking straight out a most tiring position but can brace themselves with their backs against the wall. These Germans think of everything. The bombproof retreats are in deep, heavily stockaded galleries, and the ma jor in charge of the work pointed with pride to their furnishings windows Which look out on encircling trenches, white porcelain stoves. lamps, and racks and shelves for equipment. The white porcelain stove brought out from Mlawa appeared to be the final touch of glory, and the Major would go up and pat it and talk to it. The trench defenses of Mlawa are supplemented by an elaborate system of barb-wire defenses. Fifteen men work ing eight hours a day from 7 to 3 only, because it gets dark so soon. can do S-40 feet a day of the stake driving and wire stringing that must be carried from top to bottom of the slopes' in front of the trenches. ,aal Rady for Flooding?, The hollows below the positions have been connected with impounded waters so that the land can be flooded in case of a general atock. Nor is thia all. A hidden fleet of motorboats can instantly be brought into action for the naviga tion of this inundated area. All this means bitter, hard work, and it is done, naturally, under very try ing conditions conditions involving uncertainty, apprehension, exposure, delays and makeshifts. Along the highways leading out of Mlawa to the south and east the trees have been cut down so that the gunners may readily get the range. The conse quence is a new complication in travel by auto, for after a. heavy fall of snow the highway is quite lost, there being no trees left to distinguish it from the white fields. Hence, floundering and loss of time. Past the patient peasants who have no part in this war's making and are paying so heavily for it, we fared.' and back into the blackened outskirts where the bombardment was heaviest and where the blistered sides of a chimney alone remain to mark many a site that once was "home." Flylnar Stations Established. In the open fields on the edge of town rise the flying' stations, the ma chines and their crews of operators and mechanicians quartered under great brown tents, bellying softly in the wind and teaching? you again that there Is nothing so lovely in architecture as the long, sweeping drape of a tent. Through freight yards then, where trainloads of cannon and tons of equip ment stand waiting orders, the sentries pacing up and down beside them and their majestic bullc covered by brown tarpaulins, on which the whirling snow makes fantastic patterns. Past open places where the provient wagons are parked in hollow squares. the drivers grouped around fires built in the center of the squares. The cheery ltght-wounded, who will not wait for the ambulances to bring them in from the trenches, are hobbling by. One man has his foot swathed in straw, one of the few genuinely old- time touches I have seen in this modern warmaking. Sorrowful Splendor Seen. It is as if the man were hobbling to ward you out of an ancient picture. Otto and Herman and Hans and Wil helm are exchanging bails as they over take one another on the highway, and through the Wintry air and across the solemn thunder of the guns comes the Pleasant music oi tne tarners ana tne mecbanicians' hammers on the anvils, and it makes me' think of the lines in Puke Henry's prSyer on the night be fore Bosworth battle those glorious lines where you hear the tinkle of "the armorers' hammers" and get in half a hundred words the whole sense and feel of a camp. Shakespeare knew. I wonder what armies he had followed. "Haven't you had enough of this?" the bored Von Rieben. who was longing to get back to his mans, had asked. Nay, Von Rieben, nor ever shall, I think. It is too wonderful in the clamor and the sorrow and the splendor of it all. CANADA TO HUNT FOES AMERICAN SHIPS TOUCHING BRIT ISH COLUMBIA AR 10 WARNED. Steamer Companies Discharge Germans in Crew and Refuse to Allow Others to Take Paasage, SEATTLE, Wash.. April 16 Ameri can steamship companies operating; be tween Seattle and Alaska ports and Seattle and San Francisco were notified by the. British Admiralty today that all German, Austrian or Turkish passen gers or 'members of The crews would be removed from any vessel calling at a Canadian port and held as prisoners of war. As a result of the order, the Pacific Coast Steamship 'Company im mediately discharged 10 German mem bers of the crew of the steamship Presi dent, which sailed today for San Fran cisco. Two German passengers who had purchased their tickets were not allowed to board the President. Two others, who had taken out their first naturalization papers, insisted that they were entitled to be considered Ameri can citizens, and were taken aboard. The Pacific Coast Company announced that it would book no enemies of Great Britain on any steamer which calls at Victoria en route from San Francisco to Seattle, but would carry those passen gers on the liners Congress and Queen, which omit the Victoria call. The same ruling will apply to the company's Alaska steamers which call at Ptince Rupert, B. C, and to the ves sels of the Border Line Transportation Company, which also call at Canadian pons. The Alaska Steamship Company and the Admiral line, engaged In the Seattle-Alaska trade, are not affected by the order, as they touch no Canadian port. i BONDS TO BE SOLD MAY 12 First Offering Will Be $750,000 and Road Bids to Be Asked. Multnomah fntintv m:i rl v,A,j. ,iTi v. issued in two instalments if the Board of County Commissioners adopts the icvviuiucuuttuoas 10 De presentea today bv its advifinrv enmmitroc. 1' h .. . . i .. to be submitted contemplates the issu ance of $750,000 worth of bonds at onoe, and the additional $500,000 when needed. The date for the bond sale was fixed yesterdav at Uav 19 u-t, n hirfd .i... - - J " -J . J IV Lilt first $750,000 lot will be opened. Ad- verusements tor me Olds probably will be R 1 1 1 h n r i v t H t rr .- n r, . v. .j - . . . v. lii uatc set for the sale of the bonds, advertise ments win appear for the contracts to pave 70 miles of Multnomah County road wa v. so that h nnvin - can be let soon after the bonds are sold. EX-SOLDIER IS " SUICIDE Entry T'orced to Sweetheart's Room, Where Poison Is Taken. VANCOUVKR. Wash., April 16. (Spe cial.) Glen Gibson, 25 years old, re cently discharged from the Twenty first Infantry, and in love with Lola Scott, 15 years old, forced an entrance to her room at midnight, and drank carbolic acid. Hearing a noise in the room. Miss Scott arose and' went to close the door and stumbled over the body of her sweetheart. r Dr. It. K, Thompson, City -Health Of ficer, was called, but could not save the young man's life. He died about 1 A- M. In his pocket was found a note to Miss Scott, saying he was committing suicide as some one was attempting to keep them apart. SHRAPNEL CONTRACT GIVEN American locomotive Works to Make 2,500,000 Shells. RICHMOND. Va., April 16 The Amer ican Locomotive Company announced today that it had feigned a contract for the manufacture of 2,600,000 shrapnel and high explosive sheila. Another contract, it was said, cov ered an order for several million cart ridge cases. From whom the orders eame was not revealed. Bantiseptlo Assures Perfect Complexion. Freberven. beantftleH. uoftpn. wbiron. prfrent and rapidly clears k!a ef all aruptioua. You'll like its cleaaly. healthy odor. 60c. All druggists. ITALY EAGER, WITH 1,200,000 IN ARMS Minister, of War Says Army -Now fs0ne of Most Per fect of War Machines. DIPLOMACY IS AWAITED Teople Said to Hope Territory Will Be Obtained Without Striking Blow Von Buelow Works to Convince Austria. OX THE ITALIAN FRONTIER, via Paris, April 16. Italy today has 1.200. 000 first-line soldiers under arms. They are from 20 to 28 years of age. They are perfectly armed and equipped oth erwise "to the last button." General Zupelli, Italian Minister of V ar, speaking on the military situa tion in Italy, said that a miracle had been accomplished, in that a country which for about 20 years had main tained a military organization merely for the preservation of peace had cre ated what lie termed one of the most perfect of war machines. The change was not easy. General Zupelli said, as was proved wherever the same work was attempted. Great Britain, for ex ample, had faced the same problem, and though possessing greater re sources, was even less prepared than Italy. Soldleaa Fairer to Fight. The War Minister said that the equipment of the army with weapons was superior proportionately to that of the German army at the beginning of the wai. Eagerness of the soldiers concentrat ed along the frontier to begin, action is so great that their officers are com pelled to hold them closely In check for fear of disturbing border inci dents. In view of the extensive preparations which have been made, the question is asked with increasing frequency why Italy does not enter the war. Men in a position to speak with authority say that a majority of the people prefer and the government still hopes to ob tain territorial concessions from Aus tria without a rupture of friendly re lations. Snow Still Deep in Alps. Weather conditions in the Alps must also be remembered in considering Italy's probable action. Snow still lies deep in the mountains and the cold is intense. Most of the passes are still closed by snow and ice. ROME, via Paris, April 16. Prince von Buelow, the German Ambassador to Italy, is indefatigable in his efforts to bring afTout an understanding dip lomatically between Italy and Austria. Those who have seen him lately declare that he seems to be more satisfied with the way things are going. It is ar gued by close observers here that Aus tria is slowly beginning to realize that her future existence may in large measure depend on reaching some un derstanding with Italy. Prince von Buelow's course is be lieved to be devoted to conveying to Austria that to satisfy Italy is not a measure of the moment, but would be a far-sighted step for the future, Via ar gument being that a close Austro Italian union would give the triple alliance new vigor. BOY THREATENS ASTOR DEMAND FOR $500 OX V.WS DEATH LEADS TO ARREST. OF Youth Is Caught la Police Trap and Tries to Draw Revolver la Struggle With Captors. MEW YORK. April 16. Accused of threatening to kill Vincent Astor if he should refuse a demand for $500. John Meriella, 19, was arrested at the Grand Central Terminal today on complaint of Mr. Astor's business agent, William A. Dobbyn. According to Mr. Dobbyn. one of the two letters was received on March 27, and the other on Thursday of this week. The first letter contained the demand for $500 and said that unless it was forthcoming the young millionaire would be killed. No attention was paid until the second letter was received, when Mr. Dobbyn notified the police and plans were made to trap the man. Petectives followed Mr. Dobbyn to the Grand Central Station, where Meriella, in response to a prearranged signal, approached. Dobbyn and asked if he had the $500. The police officers then arrested Meriella after a short struggle in which the man tried to draw a loaded revolver. Meriella at ' police headquarters said that his father was an East Wide baker and that two weeks ago he had run away from home with $275 of his father's money.' He spent it in seeing the sights, he said, and he thought he had found an easy way to get more. No one else, he said, was concerned in the plot. CHINESE TO STUDY PRESS Publishers Sent to United Slates by Government to Get Ideas. SAN FRANCISCO. April 1C Three Chinese publishers, members of a com mission appointed by President Yuan Shi Kai of the Chinese Republic to in spect the newspapers of the United States, seeking suggestions for their own papers, arrived today on the steamer Sierra. The members of the commission are Tsung Han Fang, Li Sum-Ling and Y'ang Wen-Ping. "American newspapers are regarded as the best in the world," said one of the members, "and our government se lected them as our study ground In preference to the English papers after much consideration." The commission also will report on financial conditions. LINNTON UN FINANCED Petition for Franchise Is to Be Filed on Monday. -'The project to construct an electric line between Portland and Linnton to take the place of the United Railways line has been financed and petition for a franchise will be filed with the Coun ty Commissioners Monday, according to Richard Shcpard, one of the promoters of the road. The line will be built on the ripht or way and roadbed vacated by the United Railways and will cost about $80,000. Standard-gauge track will be laid and will connect with, the city line of the mi 71 SI mmmmmmwM Quality Footwear Is Our Specialty No matter how small the price you pay here, you are always assured of the best value ob tainable for that price. 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As this is a. common-user line, the new company will operate its cars over that route in the city to Twelfth and Burn- side streets, the proposed terminus of the road. As soon as a franchise is granted the company will begin construction of the lino and expects to have It completed early in the bummer. Light cars will be used and a regular city schedule will be put into effect. A five-cent fare will be :hargea. tuc tracus or tne t nitea Railways already have been removed. The organizers of the new company are O. M. Clark, Richard Khepard and J. B. llolbrook. Bridge Work Is Kulicri. 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